SYMPTOMS
When you try to install Microsoft Office 2000 Professional,
you may receive one of the following error messages:
Error 1933 - Windows File Protection
Windows Files must be
installed for your installation to proceed.
Error 1933 - Setup was unable to update protected operating system
files.
You may then be instructed to insert the operating system
CD, or the latest operating system service pack source media.
Note These error messages may not offer command options or disk-drive
suggestions.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use the following methods in the
order that they appear.
Method 1: Run the "sfc /scannow" command
To do this, follow these steps.
Note The
sfc /scannow command makes the System File Checker tool verify all the
protected file versions and add all the missing protected files to the Dllcache
folder.
- Click Start, and then click
Run.
- In the Open box, type sfc
/scannow, and then click OK.
After the scanning process finishes, install Microsoft Office
2000 Professional.
Method 2: Disable Services
To do this, follow these steps:
- Click Start.
- Click Run.
- In the Run box, type
msconfig, and then click OK.
- On the General tab, click
Selective Startup.
- Click to clear all the check boxes that appear.
- Click the Services tab.
- Click to select the check boxes for the following services,
and then click OK:
- Windows Installer
- System Restore Service
- Plug and Play
- Restart the computer, and then install Office.
Method 3: Reinstall Windows by Using a Recovery Disk (Windows XP Home Edition Users Only)
Note This method only applies to customers who are running an original
equipment manufacture (OEM) version of Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition.
If you received a Windows XP Home Edition recovery disk with
your computer, contact your OEM to get help reinstalling Windows XP Home
Edition by using the recovery disk.
The following method has been known to
resolve this issue on some computers.
Method 4: Edit the SOURCEPATH value in the Microsoft Windows Registry
Note Before you walk the customer through this procedure, give the
customer the "editing the registry" disclaimers, as
follows:
Important This article contains information about modifying the registry.
Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you
understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information
about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
- Start Registry Editor.
- Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
Note Advise the customer to back up this hive. - Right-click the INSTALLATION SOURCES
REG_MULTI_SZ key, and then click Modify.
- Change the value data to indicate the folder where the
"i386" folder is located (for example, C:\Windows), and then click
OK.
- Right-click the SOURCEPATH REG_SZ key, and
then click Modify.
- Change the value data to indicate the folder where the
"i386" folder is located (for example, C:\Windows), and then click
OK.
- Right-click the Servicepacksourcepath REG_SZ
registry key, and then click Modify.
- Restart the computer, and then install the Office 2000
Professional Upgrade.
- Change the value data to indicate the folder where the
"i386" folder is located (for example, C:\Windows), and then click
OK.
- After you restart the computer, you may be instructed to
insert the operating system CD, or the latest operating system service pack
source media.